parents began to receive phone calls that threaten john would be killed unless money was sent by western union. after initial efforts to bring him home failed his family mounted a public campaign. enlisting friends and elected officials. two congressmen planned call for national boycott of mexico tourism industry if hammer was not net free. john hammer senior went to the texas boarder to meet his son and the two will likely drove home together. he said he wasn't sure his son could handle a flight after four months inside a mexican prison. >> steve harrigan in miami. thanks. egypt official news agency says the president appointed 90 people to parliament upper house a day before the second round of a referendum on highly contentious draft resolution. no zo con tense, that things have gotten violent. correspondent leland vittert has more for us. >> chanting with our blood, our soul, we defend islam, supporters of a local hardline islamic cleric rallied as the friday prayers ended outside the main mosque in the second largest city of alex sand dryia. almost on cue, the violence began. and younger